Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookit on the way there, but your son was there after we got into their trench. It was while directing the consolidating of their trenches that he was hit by a bullet through both temples. The men of his platoon greatly regret his loss, as they had learned to love him." He was engaged to be married to Alyson May Estcourt Boucher, dau. of the Rev. Canon Boucher, Rector of Frolesworth, Lutterworth. [Illustration: =Francis Gawan-Taylor.=] =TEHAN, EDMUND FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3718), S.S. 1029, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =TEMPLE, JOHN=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 270540, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =TEMS, WALTER EDGAR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7841), S.S. 103270, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =TENNANT, CHARLES GRANT=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Batt. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of James Tennant, of Fairlie, Ayrshire, and formerly of Newcastle-on-Tyne, J.P., by his wife, Henrietta Grant, dau. of Alexander Andrew Fergusson; _b._ Lowfell, co. Durham, 23 July, 1882; educ. Charterhouse, Godalming, where he was a senior scholar, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was an exhibitioner; and on finishing his education, became a Director of the Tharsis Sulphur and Copper Co., Ltd., and of Alexander Fergusson & Co., Ltd., Glasgow, Lead Manufacturers. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he volunteered and joined the Public Schools Battn. and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, 1 Oct. 1914; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: "After less than four months soldiering his name was sent to the War Office for promotion to Capt.; that fact shows what a born soldier he was. On every occasion that we were under fire he was always the same, cool and collected. He declined promotion, as he wished to remain with the men with whom he had trained." [Illustration: =Charles Grant Tennant.=] =TERRY, CHARLES HENRY=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 293803, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =TERRY, FRANK ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 15464, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =TERRY, FREDERICK JOHN CORTORPASSI=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 20300, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =TERRY, HARRY=, Sailmaker, 158515, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =TERRY, WILLIAM JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9015), 208316, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =TESTER, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4068), 190099, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =TETLEY, ARTHUR NORMAN=, L.-Corpl., No. 304, B Squadron, 8th Australian Light Horse, 3rd Brigade, Australian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of William Tetley, of Berwick, Gippsland, Victoria, Squatter, by his wife, Kate, dau. of Arthur Noyes; _b._ in Victoria, 19 Feb. 1889; educ. C. E. Grammar School, Melbourne; volunteered on the outbreak of war, being the first to do so in his district; left for Egypt with the main force; went to the Dardanelles 15 May; was wounded in action at Walker's Ridge, Gallipoli, 7 Aug., and died at sea on board the hospital ship Delta, 8 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Sergt. C. H. Lyon wrote: "I saw a good deal of him over at Gallipoli, and he did splendidly from beginning to end. I know men in his troop thought a lot of him, and it was only owing to lack of vacancies that he didn't get rapid promotion. On June 23 Norman got shaken up pretty badly. The Turks were shelling us pretty heavily with French 75's and high explosives. Where Norman was stationed they got it very badly; he wasn't actually hit, but the shells bursting near him peppered his face with gravel. He got over it, however, without going away, but when the attack came on 7 Aug. he was very run down. From that I heard the doctor had advised him not to go out, but like many others he was keen on being with his troop and couldn't stand the idea of being left behind. For three days we were expecting the attack, and on the evening of 6 Aug. we were taken out into the left hand sap on Walker's Ridge. All night we sat there not knowing what moment we would be called on, and towards daylight the men-of-war and cruisers bombarded the Turkish trenches right in front of us. The 8th were divided into the 1st and 2nd lines of attack. A squadron and two troops out of B formed the 1st line (including Norman), and C Squadron with the other half of B formed into 2nd line. The 10th Regt. formed the 3rd and 4th. The Turkish trenches were about 25 yards from us, and the whole front not more than 150 yards long. At 4.30 a.m. the bombarding stopped and the attack commenced. Owing to a misunderstanding, my troop was late in moving up, and just as we got into the front sap, our officer was shot through the hand and retired. I was left in charge, and being unable to jam past the men, jumped up and ran round to the front of the sap, calling on them to follow, but just as we got out, the 1st line fell back, nearly all wounded, with orders to retire. As we dropped back into the sap, I saw Norman lying just out in front, and with the assistance of others, got him in and laid him on the bottom of the trench. His leg was in a fearful state, a machine-gun had got on to him, but he stood it wonderfully and a 10th man applied first aid. The stretcher bearers were fearfully busy, and we were in an out of the way place and he had to lie there over two hours before it was possible to get him away. The loss of blood must have been very great. Of 318 of our our men that went out that morning, 154 were killed, and 80 odd wounded. The Turks had 34 machine-guns playing on the narrow strip between the trenches, and only one of our men, a sergt. in A Squadron, ever reached their trenches. All but two of our officers that went out were killed, including Col. White, Major Retford, and our Adjutant." [Illustration: =A. Norman Tetley.=] =TEUMA, GIOVANNI=, Officer's Steward, 3rd Class, Chatham 356340, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914. =THACKERAY, ALFRED WILLIAM=, A.B., J. 6865, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =THAKE, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12817, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =THAL, MORRIS MARCUS VAN=, Rifleman, No. Z2641, B Coy., 25th Brigade, 8th Division, Rifle Brigade, Interpreter to Commanding Officer, only child of Marcus van Thal, of 91, Addison Gardens, Kensington, employee at the War Office, by his wife, Marie, dau. of Meyer Poole; _b._ Catford, co. Kent, 10 Oct. 1897; educ. St. John's College, Southend-on-Sea, Brussels, and Hanover, and passed the Senior Cambridge Local Exam., with also oral French and German, 1913; enlisted |